Episode 214 – Easy Struggle

Personnel shifts at Stern/JJP, factory move progress, and market inventory concerns dominate episode.

Synopsis

Ron and Bruce discuss recent pinball industry personnel moves (Kevin Payne to Stern as mechanical engineering director, Tom Capera to JJP as COO), the Stern factory move completion, Final Resistance shipping, and market saturation issues with inventory buildup at distributors. They also dive into deep technical discussion about Stern Cheetah cabinet variants, ROM differences between blue and black versions, and tournament results from local events.

Entities

• Jersey Jack Pinball· company
• Multimorphic· company
• Stern Pinball· company
• Alice Cooper· game
• Deadpool Premium· game
• Final Resistance· game
• Jurassic Park 30th Anniversary· game
• Scooby-Doo· game
• Stern Cheetah· game
• Venom LE· game
• IPSND.net· organization/website
• Bruce Nightingale· person
• George Gomez· person
• Kevin Payne· person
• Raymond Davidson· person
• Ron Hallett· person
• Scott· person
• Tom Capera· person
• Zach· person
• World Famous Rochester Pinball Collective· venue/organization